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23/05/2013: In the «most developped country for women in the Arab world», the
struggle for women rights remains more relevant than ever
23/05/2013: After Lafontaine’s proposal to get rid of the Euro – what should the
left say?
22/05/2013: Protests needed via embassies
22/05/2013: How Ireland is used as a tax haven by multinational corporations while
the government is preparing to steal the property tax from people’s
wages, social welfare and pensions
22/05/2013: Union-agreed rates could bring Amazon workers 9000 euros more a year
21/05/2013: Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism
21/05/2013: An expressway to attacks on democratic rights! For democratic mass
working peoples’ defence committees!
20/05/2013: This year’s G8 summit will be held in County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland, on 17th – 18th June. This gathering brings together the heads
of government of eight of the world’s largest capitalist economies to
discuss how they can further the interests of those they represent – the
super-rich, big business and the bankers.
19/05/2013: Increasing concerns and contradictions
18/05/2013: Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike
18/05/2013: Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background
of deep divisions in society and the regime.
17/05/2013: Australia’s federal environment minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to
Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of
Western Australia.
15/05/2013: Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards
14/05/2013: We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough
decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.
13/05/2013: Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on
conditions
12/05/2013: 15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies
12/05/2013: How can a state be realised?
11/05/2013: The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new
phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial
power.
11/05/2013: On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping
now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
10/05/2013: Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters
and young people
10/05/2013: On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in
Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
10/05/2013: Time for a new mass workers’ party
09/05/2013: New clashes on the horizon
08/05/2013: Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots
08/05/2013: The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully
through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass
Junction.
07/05/2013: Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8
percent – but important issues are unresolved
06/05/2013: ’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and
vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the
subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
05/05/2013: Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle
05/05/2013: Christine Thomas’ book outlines how inequalities and discrimination
against women have not disappeared and women’s struggles must be bound
up with wider class struggle to be successful. Read the complete book
online here.
04/05/2013: Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.
03/05/2013: The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security
service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state,
Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
03/05/2013: Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and
intervened in the May Day activities across the country
03/05/2013: It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more
so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers
crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
03/05/2013: Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more
besides…
02/05/2013: ‘Defend pensions! Stop corruption!’
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|  11/05/2013, The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new
phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial
power.
Marco Veruggio, ControCorrente (CWI Italy)
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|  23/03/2013, In his ‘tsunami’ election tour Grillo began to give voice to the deep
discontent at economic crisis and austerity
Christine Thomas, ControCorrente (CWI in Italy), first published in Socialism
Today, magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales)
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|  27/02/2013, Political instability, crisis and new opportunities ahead
Chris Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy)
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|  26/01/2013, Plethora of parties and coalitions but none that represent workers’ need
for a fight
Clare Doyle, in conjunction with Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente (CWI,
Italy)
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|  19/11/2012, Cgil reluctantly mobilize, but workers and students fill the squares
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI Italy)
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|  01/10/2012, CWI holds enthusiastic week-end of discussion and planning
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI Italy) Bologna
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|  26/07/2012, Huge opportunities for building new workers’ party
Giuliano Brunetti, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy)
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|  11/03/2012, Genoa traditions celebrated with film and music
Video by Zero Plastica - L’acqua della mola
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|  02/03/2012, Brutal repression
Giuliano Brunetti, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy)
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|  23/02/2012, Reports from February edition of Resistenze, paper of the CWI in Italy
Fabio Mantero, Fincantieri worker, Genoa Sestri Ponente, and Simone
Solari, AMT transport worker, Genoa (ControCorrente, CWI in Italy)
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|  01/02/2012, The repression will not stop the movement!
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente
(CWI supporters in Italy)
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|  14/12/2011, General strike sets the pace
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI supporters Italy)
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|  04/12/2011, Paul Murphy Challenges ECB President Mario Draghi
Video of Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  20/11/2011, Monti government will face mass opposition to austerity
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI Italy)
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|  17/11/2011, Workers, students, pensioners - all in the firing line
Editorial from from ‘Resistenze’, journal of ControCorrente (CWI in Italy
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|  10/11/2011, Debt crisis hits Eurozone’s third largest economy
Chris Thomas, ControCorrente (CWI supporters Italy)
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Further articles on 'Italy':- 20/10/2011: Italy: Huge demonstration of “Enraged” in Rome
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI supporters Italy) - 20/09/2011: Italy: Deeper into crisis
Christine Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 09/09/2011: Italy: No to profit-guzzling and destructive projects at public’s
expense!
Finghin Kelly, parliamentary assistant, office of Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 05/09/2011: Italy: General strike against Berlusconi crisis measures
Antongiulio Mannoni, Controcorrente (CWI Italy) and CGIL in personal
capacity - 22/07/2011: Italy: Tenth anniversary of Genoa battles against the G8
Clare Doyle (CWI) and Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente (CWI Italy), Genoa - 13/07/2011: Italy: ’Black Friday’ shows Italian capitalism in crisis
Clare Doyle, CWI - 27/06/2011: Italy: Brutal dawn attack on peaceful protest camp
CWI - 15/06/2011: Italy: Referendum blow to Berlusconi
Christine Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 02/06/2011: Italian revolution: ‘Democrazia reale adesso’
CWI reporters, Italy - 25/05/2011: Italy: Walk-outs and battles with police
Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente, reports from Genoa - 20/05/2011: Italy: Berlusconi defeated in local elections
Written for Resistenze, publication of ControCorrente
by Marco Veruggio (National Spokesperson ControCorrente) - 12/03/2011: Italy: Beyond the scandals
Piero Acquilino, ControCorrente, Genoa - 09/03/2011: Italy: A million march against sexism
Christine Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI Italy) - 27/01/2011: Italy: Metal-workers fight for all workers!
Marco Veruggio, ControCorrente
2010: - 18/12/2010: Italy: Berlusconi crisis deepens
Christine Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 13/12/2010: Italy: New wave of struggle against education cuts
Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) reporters - 30/10/2010: Italy :Demand for general strike voiced at mass protest in Rome
Marco Veruggio - 30/09/2010: Italy 1920: When workers seized the factories
Christine Thomas, ControCorrente (CWI Italy), first published in Socialism
Today - 23/09/2010: Italy: Solidarity letter from Joe Higgins to Fincantieri’s workers
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 13/08/2010: Italy: Government crisis against background of growing polarisation
Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente - 23/07/2010: Italy: Metalworkers resist FIAT blackmail
Events at the FIAT Pomigliano factory in recent weeks in Italy have
shown that even in the most difficult circumstances workers are prepared
to struggle if given a lead. Marco Veruggio of ControCorrente describes
what has been happening and explains the significance of these
developments. - 18/05/2010: Italy: ControCorrente embraces the CWI
Report carried on the web-site of Controcorrente - 27/03/2010: Italy: Crisis deepens
Marco Veruggio (ControCorrente) - 27/02/2010: Val di Susa, Italy: Important "No TAV" campaign opposes environmental
destruction by EU funded plan
CWI reporters - 26/01/2010: Italy: Solidarity with the ‘No Tav’ struggle
Socialistworld.net - 19/01/2010: Italy: Anti-immigrant violence and riots explode against the background
of economic crisis
Cedric Gerome, CWI - 15/01/2010: Italy: Country’s largest call centre company facing bankruptcy
Linda Schuetz, CWI, Bologna (Italy)
2009: - 08/12/2009: Italy: Successful Controcorrente weekend in Genoa
CWI reporters, Italy - 17/09/2009: Italy: “Let’s do an INNSE”
Christine Thomas, CWI in Italy - 15/09/2009: Italy: Trade unions and the future
socialistworld.net - 14/08/2009: Italy: Victory at INNSE, Milan!
Linda Schuetz, CWI in Italy - 05/08/2009: Italy: Occupied Lambretta factory invaded by police
Socialistworld.net - 14/04/2009: Italy: The left and the earthquake in Abruzzo
By Marco Veruggio, Direzione Nazionale, Rifondazione Comunista and
Controcorrente. Translated by Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy - 17/02/2009: Italy: Mass strike and demonstration
Chris Thomas, Lotta (CWI in Italy) - 30/01/2009: Italy: Right split from ‘Rifondazione comunista’ proceeds, but slowly!
Christine Thomas, Lotta (CWI in Italy)
2008: - 15/12/2008: Italy: General Strike protests in more than 100 cities
Christine Thomas, Lotta (CWI in Italy) - 18/11/2008: Italy: Mass movement against education attacks coninues
Christine Thomas, Lotta (CWI in Italy) - 21/10/2008: Italy: Mass movement to stop education cuts
Linda Schuetz, Lotta per il socialismo, (CWI Italy) - 31/07/2008: Italy: Crucial congress of Rifondazione Comunista rejects former
leadership
cwi - 17/06/2008: Italy: The rise and fall of Rifondazione Comunista
Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy - 16/04/2008: Italy: Left leaders opened way for Berlusconi victory
Christine Thomas, Lotta, cwi Italy - 15/04/2008: Italy: General Election
Clare Doyle, cwi, Tuesday 15 April 2008. - 18/03/2008: Italy: International Women’s Day in Italy
Christel Dicembre, ‘Lotta’ (CWI in Italy) - 14/03/2008: Italy: Elections and the future of the left
Lotta, cwi in Italy - 04/02/2008: Italy: After Prodi, ’Mission Impossible’!
Christine Thomas, CWI, Bologna - 25/01/2008: Italy: Gloomy outlook after Prodi government defeat
Clare Doyle, CWI
2007: - 29/10/2007: Italy: Mass demonstration in Rome
Christine Thomas, CWI, Bologna - 22/10/2007: Italy: Ruling class celebrates ‘victory’ but workers’ anger grows
Christine Thomas, CWI Italy - 27/07/2007: Italy: Upturn in economy not enough to guarantee stability
Clare Doyle, cwi, London - 13/06/2007: Italy: Anti-Bush day in Rome
Christel Dicembre, CWI Italy - 02/06/2007: Italy: Italy: Local elections go against ’centre-left’ parties
Christine Thomas, CWI Italy - 25/04/2007: Italy: Democratic Party launched
Christine Thomas, CWI Italy, Bologna - 12/04/2007: Italy: Interview with Marco Verrugio of Marxist ’Countercurrent’
socialistworld.net - 05/04/2007: Italy: Party of Communist Re-foundation conference
Christine Thomas, CWI Italy, Bologna - 26/03/2007: Italy: Rifondazione Comunista – its future?
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary Socialist Party, London - 01/03/2007: Italy: What future for Italy after government crisis
Christine Thomas, Lotta per il Socialismo (CWI in Italy), Bologna - 27/02/2007: Italy: Prodi Government lurches to the right
Clare Doyle, cwi, London - 23/02/2007: Italy: Turmoil after Prodi resignation
Christine Thomas, Lotta per il Socialismo (CWI in Italy), Bologna - 21/02/2007: Italy: 200,000 march against US military in Vicenza
Christine Thomas, Lotta per il Socialismo (CWI in Italy), Bologna - 24/01/2007: Italy: Explosion of protest at expansion of US base
Mara Armellin, Controcorrente (Prc) Conegliano, Veneto
2006: - 01/12/2006: Italy: Strikes and protests against Finanziaria and education cuts
Christel Dicembre - 16/11/2006: Italy: Prodi government under seige
Christine Thomas, Socialist Party, England and Wales - 27/09/2006: Italy: Hot autumn in prospect
Christel Dicembre, LSP/MAS, CWI Belgium, 26 September 2006 - 26/07/2006: Italy: No support for troops in Afghanistan
socialistworld.net - 07/07/2006: Italy: Referendum brings third major defeat for ex-premier Berlusconi
Clare Doyle, cwi, London - 20/05/2006: Italy: New Prodi government sworn in
Clare Doyle, cwi - 06/05/2006: Italy: End of Berlusconi era; clean break needed with neo-liberal
policies
Clare Doyle, cwi, Saturday 6 May 2006 - 11/04/2006: Italy: Clear victory denied
Clare Doyle, CWI - 20/03/2006: Italy: Colourful anti-war demonstration in Rome
Clare Doyle, CWI, Italy - 20/03/2006: Italy: End Berlusconi’s rule
socialistworld.net - 09/02/2006: Italy: Drama over metal mechanics’ national agreement
Marco di Francesco, a Fiom member, Italy
2005: 2004: 2003: - 10/12/2003: Italy: One and a half million protest in Rome
Gerri Creegan, Lotta per il Socialismo (CWI), Italy. - 28/10/2003: italy: Italy brought to a halt
Henry Silke, Lotta per il socialismo (CWI) Sicily - 16/10/2003: Italy: 200,000 protest at EU summit in Rome
Gerri Creegan, Naples - 16/10/2003: Italy: Battle is joined over pension ‘reform’
Henry Silke, Catania - 22/09/2003: Italy: Another “Hot Autumnâ€
Fabrizio Cucchi, Italy - 18/06/2003: Italy: The trials and tribulations of ‘Il Cavaliere’
Gerri Creegan, CWI /Lotta per il socialismo - 19/05/2003: Italy: In the aftermath of war
Fabrizio Cuchi, Lotta per il socialismo, Italy - 15/04/2003: Italy: March of the poor against war
Henry Silke, Lotta per il socialismo, Catania - 15/04/2003: Italy: Half a million demonstrate in Rome
Clare Doyle, CWI - 25/02/2003: Italy: A week of strikes and blockades against war
Clare Doyle, CWI - 20/02/2003: Iraq: No alla guerra per il petrolio! No al libro bianco di Maroni!
Se vuoi metterti in contatto e collaborare con noi - Lotta per il
socialismo - siamo un gruppo di compagni affiliati al CWI/CIL (Comitato
per un’internazionale dei lavoratori). www.worldsocialist-cwi.org - 09/01/2003: Italy: Workers’ struggles set to grip Italy
Fabrizio Cucchi, Lotta per il socialismo, Florence.
2002: - 23/12/2002: Italy: Fiat workers spread their struggle
Fabrizio Cucchi, Lotta per il socialismo, Florence. 15 December 2002. - 16/12/2002: Italy: Release the anti-capitalist activists!
- 24/11/2002: Italy: Sicily, Anti-fascist coalition blocks neo Nazis
Henry Silke - 12/11/2002: Italy: Anti war on Iraq protest
By Robert Bechert, CWI, 12 November 2002 - 29/10/2002: Italy: How Naples responded to the general strike call
Gerri Creegan, CWI /Lotta per il socialismo, 29 October 2002 - 26/10/2002: Italy: General strike - ’Lotta per il socialismo’
By Fabrizio Cucchi - 21/10/2002: Italy: General strike and mass demonstrations
Henry Silke, 18 October 2002, Lotta per il socialismo - 10/10/2002: Italy: September 2002 - a new period of struggle
CWI, 16 September 2002 - 08/10/2002: Italy: Thousands of youth march against war in Florence
Henry Silke, Italy, 5 October 2002 - 26/07/2002: Italy: Genova Libera
Simon Donovan, Socialist Party (England and Wales) - 08/07/2002: Italy: Union leaders’ betrayal triggers workers’ protests
Clare Doyle, CWI, 8 July 2002. - 05/07/2002: Italy: Crisis at Fiat
Clare Doyle, CWI, 2 July 2002. - 12/06/2002: Italy: Local election defeat for Berlusconi
Clare Doyle, CWI, 11 June 2002 - 18/04/2002: Italy: General strike - A day like no other
By Clare Doyle, 18 April 2002 - 16/04/2002: Italy: General strike paralyses Italy
Henry and Fabrizio, Florence: Tuesday, April 16, afternoon. - 27/03/2002: Italy: March against article 18
Clare Doyle, March 27 2002 - 21/03/2002: Italy: Opposition to Berlusconi
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party, 21 March 2002 - 17/02/2002: Italy: Protests against neo-liberal attacks
Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers’ International, 17 February 2002
2001:
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